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He's a laugh riot, a walking stand-up routine. Give him a sleeveless, camouflaged shirt and he could be Billy the Cable Guy - Billy the Cable Guy with four American Century Championship trophies.

Git'r won.

The 24th celebrity golf tournament looked a lot like the previous 23. That is, it was a usual suspect in the winner's circle.

Tolliver is affable and likeable, but he hasn't been an NFL quarterback in 14 years, and even then, he wasn't a star quarterback.

He's even joked himself that he's a better comedian than quarterback.

He's not really the guy tournament owner NBC Sports wants to see hoisting the trophy. He doesn't exactly light the Nielsen-ratings lamp.

The streak of years without an active athlete winning this celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe is now at 23. Mark Rypien was the quarterback of the Washington Redskins when he won the first ACC in 1990. Eighteen months later, he won a Super Bowl.

There hasn't been an active athlete win this tournament since.

And aside from surprise winner Mario Lemieux in 1998, the tournament hasn't had a star come through. In fact, four players have 19 of the 24 titles - Rick Rhoden (eight), Dan Quinn (five), Tolliver (four) and Jack Wagner (two). Those four also have won the last six ACCs.

There are good signs in the air, though. Tony Romo, who had to decline his invitation this year because the Cowboys' training camp started a week early, would be to NBC Sports what a Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals would be to ABC.

And now Stephen Curry can be added to the mix. The 25-year-old Golden State Warriors guard finished tied for 28th in his debut in 2010, but his true talent for the game shone through this year as he took the second-round lead and finished tied for fourth, three points out of a playoff.

What he did here this weekend can't be understated. He didn't play much golf in season, he said, and the Warriors played into mid-May, having reached the Western Conference finals.

He went off as a 50-to-1 longshot this year. Expect something more like 5-to-1 next year.

What Curry's performance on Sunday showed - 17 points, which followed 25 and 22 points in the first two rounds - is that it's really tough to win your first one here.

"It's just tough to come through," Tolliver said. "The guys have gotten so much better. I mean, look at Curry. I mean, that cat right there, he learned a lot today, I guarantee it. ... But it's just a grind out there. And to win it your first time, to get out there, you know, you've got to get some breaks on this golf course."

It's a stretch to say the ACC "needs" a fresh face to take home the trophy. Romo wasn't here this year and neither was Michael Jordan, and the attendance barely suffered a blip on the radar. The tournament drew 38,652 fans this year, the tournament office announced. That was down 1,973 from the record attendance of 40,445 set a year ago.

This tournament will be just fine. Aside from the 15 or so guys who can win, it's not about the golf anyway.

But it sure would be nice - and maybe ESPN would pay a little more attention - if Romo or Curry were to come through.